Markus Werner and Asif Mamum from Delaware North share their insights Catering for largescale functions presents its own special set of challenges, and nowhere is this is more evident than at major venues like Melbourne Olympic Park. With food presentation styles and approaches rapidly evolving in this age of the ‘food selfie’, it’s imperative that […]

NSW Healthshare’s My Food Choice program substantially reduces the timeframe between patient meal order and delivery by using technology which empowers staff. To find out more about it we spoke to HealthShare NSW Food and Patient Services Director, Carmen Rechbauer. “Delivering food to patients in hospital can be a pretty tough job,” Carmen tells us. […]

Industry leaders partner to support gluten free foodservice operations Think you can’t deliver gluten free with confidence? Think again. According to the Gluten Free Practical Guide from Nestlé Professional, co-authored in partnership with the leading authority on gluten free, Coeliac Australia – you can. And what’s more, it can be easier than you might think. […]

‘The current debate on penalty rates for weekend work focus on the wrong issue’, comments George Hill, President of the “Australian Institute of TechnicalChefs”. ‘For decades, the industry has debated the problem not the root cause. It is not about penalty rates. The real issue is about appropriate level of compensation to hire a professionally trained person.’

Fonterra has selected 34 of Australia’s most talented apprentice chefs to participate the 18th annual Fonterra Proud to be a Chef program in February 2017. Finalists from around the country will be flown to Melbourne to participate in the all-expenses-paid four day mentoring program which will include field tours, up skilling workshops, intimate dining at […]

2016 HTN Youth Skills Showcase – Celebrating Culinary Excellence The HTN Youth Skills Showcase took place on 22nd November, 2016 where the winners of the two prestigious Scholarships were announced; The Australian Association of Food Professionals Margaret Fulton Scholarship as well as The Peter Howard Culinary Scholarship. The scholarships provide the next generation of culinary […]

In celebration of International Chefs Day (20th October), students around the country have swapped the classroom for the kitchen to create Art on a Plate, with the help of Nestlé Professional and chefs from the Australian Culinary Federation. More than 300 children from schools across Australia – including St Catherine of Siena (NSW), St Thomas […]